Seth Pollak is a Professor of Psychology and developmental psychopathologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research is focused on understanding the mechanisms through which children's experiences increase biobehavioral development and vulnerability for behavioral disorders. The goal of his work is to use psychopathological processes to help to understand relative contributions of "nature" and "nurture" to human development and the role of social experience on brain development. These studies seek to understand children's adaptive and maladaptive behaviors by exploring the developmental processes linking emotion, neural plasticity, and mental health. He is married to fellow UW psychologist Jenny Saffran.
